LONG ISLAND MAN ARRESTED IN SEXUAL PREDATOR STING
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced today that following an undercover investigation by the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office into predators preying on minors using online platforms, Daniel Waxman, 55, an attorney from Long Island, New York was arrested on Attempted Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors in the First Degree (class E felony).
From May 22 to May 31, 2023, an Undercover Investigator from the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office posing as a minor engaged in a series of text conversations with the defendant. The undercover investigator advised the defendant on multiple occasions that she was a fourteen-year-old girl. The defendant’s texts to the undercover investigator became increasingly more sexual, culminating in the defendant arranging to meet the minor to engage in sexual conduct. On May 31, 2023, Detectives from the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office in coordination with the Ramapo Police Department took the defendant into custody after he arrived in Rockland County to meet with whom he thought was a fourteen-year-old girl.
District Attorney Walsh said, “The exploitation of children is an abhorrent act, one that will not be tolerated in Rockland County. My Office is committed to protecting these vulnerable victims and ensuring that those who exploit them will face the full force of the law. Let me be very clear, if you prey on innocent children in Rockland County, we will track you down and bring you to justice.”
The defendant appeared before the Honorable Djinsad Desir in Ramapo Justice Court on May 31, 2023, for arraignment with a return court date of June 6, 2023. Bail was set at $150,000 cash and $250,000 bond. The defendant had to surrender his passports and must refrain from communication by electronic means with minors during the pendency of this matter.
The Ramapo Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Nassau County Police Department assisted in the investigation. Senior Assistant District Attorney Rebecca McGee is assigned to the case.
It should be noted that a criminal complaint is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
